The meters shown below are used in Greek and Latin poetry, but they are not the most common. The more common, Trochaic, Iambic, Anapestic, Dactylic, and Spondaic, are described in
Greek and Latin Meters in poetry. For more on the study of Greek and Latin meters, see
Prosody.
- Glyconic: _ _ _ uu _ u _ / xx _ uu _ u _
- Asclepeadean: _ _ _ uu _ _ uu _ u _ / _ _ _ uu _ _ uu _ u _
- 2nd Aslepeadean: _ _ _ uu _ u _ / _ _ _ uu _ _ uu _ u _
- 3d Asclepeadean: _ _ _ uu _ _ uu _ u _ / _ _ _ uu _ u _
- 4th Asclepeadean: _ _ _ uu _ _ uu _ u _ / _ _ _ uu _ _ uu _ u _ / _ _ _ uu _ _ / _ _ _ uu _ u _
- Sapphic: _ u _ _ _ uu _ u _ _ / _ u _ _ _ uu _ u _ _ / _ u _ _ _ u u _ u _ _ / _ u u _ _
- Alcaic: _ _ u _ _ _ uu _ u _ / _ _ u _ _ _ uu _ u _ / _ _ u _ _ _ u _ _ / _ uu _ uu _ u _ _
Key:
u=short syllable; -=long syllable; x=either aka "anceps".
